Optimus SCT-540 Cassette Player User Manual


 
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OPERATION
1. To turn on the cassette deck, press
POWER
.
2. Gently press
OPEN
on the cassette door (
DECK 1
or
DECK 2
) and load the cassette tape.
3. Press
DOLBY NR
and the indicator lights. Press
DOLBY
NR
again to turn off this feature.
4. Press
REVERSE MODE
to select the desired reverse
mode (Only
DECK 2
).
The cassette deck plays or records one
side of the tape and stops.
The cassette deck plays or records both
side of the tape and stops.
Note:
To play or record both sides, you must press
PLAY
(not
PLAY
).
The cassette deck plays endlessly.
Note:
During recording, the cassette deck automati-
cally changes the setting and operates the same way
as both-side play.
5. Press the
PLAY
button.
The indicator lights and play begins.
For forward play.
For reverse play.
6. Adjust the tape speed by turning the pitch control.
7. Press
STOP
to stop the tape.
AUTOMATIC SEARCH MUSIC
SYSTEM
The automatic search music system (ASMS) lets you
quickly locate a desired selection on a cassette tape. It
searches for the blank space before a selection and auto-
matically stops just before playback begins.
1. Press
PLAY
to begin playing a tape.
2. To skip to the beginning of the current selection,
press or — whichever points in the oppo-
site direction of the play direction. To skip to the
beginning of the next selection, press or
— whichever points in the same direction as the play
direction.
ASMS might not operate as expected if:
The pause between selection is less than 4 seconds
long.
The overall recorded volume level of a selection is
very low.
The noise level between selections is very high.
USING CONTINUOUS PLAY (DECK 1
TO DECK 2)
You can set the cassette deck to play one side of the
tape in
DECK 1
, then automatically play the tape in
DECK
2
.
To turn on the continuous play, press
PLAY
on
DECK 1
for
3 or 4 seconds.
DECK 1
starts playing and the PLAY indi-
cator on
DECK 2
flashes.
When the cassette in
DECK 1
finishes playing, the cas-
sette tape in
DECK 2
automatically begins playback.
To cancel the continuous play, press
STOP
or any cas-
sette button of the deck which is currently playing (either
DECK 1
or
2
).
RECORDING A CASSETTE TAPE
You can only record to a cassette in
DECK 2
.
Select the source to record from on your receiver amplifi-
er (CD, VCR, TUNER or DVD).
1. Gently press
OPEN
on
DECK 2
and insert the tape
to be recorded into the cassette holder.
2. Press
DOLBY NR
to use the noise-reduction system.
3. Select the desired reverse mode.
To record on one side only.
To record on both sides.
4. Press .
The RECORD indicator lights and both the PLAY
direction indicators flash.
5. Turn
REC LEVEL
between
MIN
and
MAX
to adjust the
recording level.
6. To select the direction for recording, press either
PLAY
or .
RECORD
REC/
PAUSE
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